1556
\nThe deadliest earthquake on record killed 830,000 in Shansi, China.<\/p>\n
1789
\nGeorgetown University established in what is now Washington, DC.<\/p>\n
1849
\nElizabeth Blackwell became the first woman physician in the U.S.<\/p>\n
1964
\nThe 24th Amendment to the Constitution, barring poll taxes, was ratified.<\/p>\n
1968
\nNorth Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo (the crew was released 11 months later.)<\/p>\n
1973
\nPresident Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n
1989
\nSalvador Dali died in Spain at age 84.<\/p>\n
1993
\nThe first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, died.<\/p>\n
2002
\nWall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty.<\/p>\n
2004
\nBob Keeshan, “Captain Kangaroo,” died at age 76.<\/p>\n
Edouard Manet
\n1832\u20131883, French Painter.<\/p>\n
Stendhal<\/p>\n
writer (1783)<\/p>\n
Camilla Collett<\/p>\n
novelist, essayist, and literary critic (1813)<\/p>\n
Sergei Eisenstein<\/p>\n
filmmaker (1898)<\/p>\n
Django Reinhardt<\/p>\n
jazz musician (1910)<\/p>\n
Potter Stewart<\/p>\n
Associate Justice (1915)<\/p>\n
Gertrude B. Elion<\/p>\n
pharmacologist (1918)<\/p>\n
Ernie Kovacs<\/p>\n
actor, comedian (1919)<\/p>\n
Jeanne Moreau<\/p>\n
actress (1928)<\/p>\n
Derek Walcott<\/p>\n
dramatist and poet (1930)<\/p>\n
Princess Caroline of Monaco<\/p>\n
royalty (1957)<\/p>\n
Tiffani Thiessen<\/p>\n
actor (1974)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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